UNLV QB named top Mountain West freshman

For the 2nd consecutive season, UNLV boasts the Mountain West’s Freshman of the Year.

True freshman backmost Cameron Friel received the grant Tuesday, making the Rebels the archetypal programme to athletics consecutive winners successful league history. Friel acceptable a programme grounds for completion percent successful a play by a freshman, completing 62.4 percent of his throws.

He played 9 games and threw for 1,608 yards, six touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Sophomore wide receiver Kyle Williams earned the grant successful 2o20.

“During the recruiting process, we committedness our players that if they travel our programme and strategy, we volition make them connected and disconnected the field,” UNLV manager Marcus Arroyo said successful a statement. “For the 2nd twelvemonth successful a enactment we person delivered, producing different league freshman of the year.”

Additionally, elder moving backmost Charles Williams was named to the all-conference archetypal squad for the 2nd clip successful his career. He led the Mountain West with 15 rushing touchdowns and capped his vocation with 1,261 rushing yards — establishing a programme grounds for vocation rushing yards with 4,201.

Williams was besides an all-conference honoree successful 2019 aft rushing for 1,257 yards and scoring 11 touchdowns.

Junior wrong linebacker Jacoby Windmon was selected to the All-Mountain West 2nd team. He posted 119 tackles, 11.5 tackles for nonaccomplishment and 6.5 sacks.

He announced Sunday that he’d beryllium entering the transportation portal.

Senior kicker Daniel Gutierrez and elder linebacker Austin Ajiake were honorable mentions. Guttierez made each 25 of his other points and 16 of 18 tract goals. Ajiake was 2nd connected the squad with 74 tackles.

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